Lecture 17: Cryptosporidiosis and Coccidian diseases Flashcards
Eimeria, cystioisospora, toxoplasma, neospora, and sacrocystis are all types of ___
Coccidia
Coccidians and cryptosporidium infect cells of ____
GI and extra intestinal sites
What are the two life stages of coccidia and cryptosporidium
Zoie and oocyst
What is the Zoite life stage
Elongated, motile cells
Invade host cell
What is the oocyst life cycle stage
Environmentally resistant stage, shed in feces
Oocysts contain infective ___ typically located within ____
Sporozoites, sporocysts
T or F: most cryptosporidium are host specific
True
What is the host for cryptosporidium cuniculus
Rabbits
What species of cryptosporidium is the exception to host specificity and infects ruminants, horses and humans
C. Parvum
How is cryptosporidium transmitted
Ingested or inhaled
Describe the direct life cycle of cryptosporidium
- Oocyst ingested/inhaled
- Sporozoites excyst
- Infect host cells
- Develop into meronts
- Schizogeny
- Gametogeny
- Fertilization
What is schizogeny
- Meronts divide into type I meront
- Type I meronts form merozoites
3, merozoites infect host cells
What is gametogeny
Subset of merozoites infect host cells and develop into gamonts—> gametes
Describe fertilization in the enteric cycle
- Zygotes develop into oocysts
- Sporogeny- oocysts sporulate endogenously
- Thin walled oocysts- Sporozoites excyst and reinfect host (auto-infection)
- Thick walled oocysts: exit host, infective when shed, via bale for months
Do cryptosporidium have endogenous or exogenous sporogeny
Endogenous
How does auto-infection occur in cryptosporidium
Thin walled oocysts become Sporozoites and reinfect host
What are the two broad types/diseases that cryptosporidium can cause
- GI
- Respiratory
T or F: most hosts with GI cryptosporidosis have mild to moderate, self limiting diarrhea
True
The severe form that is potentially fatal for GI cryptosporidosis is common in….
Immunocomprimised hosts or animals with concurrent infections
what two species of cryptosporidium typically cause GI cryptosporidosis
C. Parvum and C. Baileyi
What is the causative agent/species of GI cryptosporidosis for ruminants and horses
C. Parvum
What is the causative agent/species for of GI cryptosporidosis in poultry
C. Baileyi
What species is respiratory cryptosporidosis commonly seen in
Avian
What is the causative agent of respiratory cryptosporidosis in birds
C. Baileyi
How do you diagnose cryptosporidosis
Microscopy (acid fast stain), ELISA, PCR
What stain is preferred for cryptosporidosis
Acid-fast
What is the treat for cryptosporidosis in dogs and cats
Paromomycin
What is the treatment for cryptosporidosis in calves
Nitazoxanide
T or F: eimeria spp have narrow host specificity
True
What species does eimeria have the largest impact on
Ruminants and poultry
Where do eimeria species infect
GI tract: enterocytes and/or cells within the lamina propria
What is the predilection site for E. Tenella
Cecum
What type of lifecycle do eimeria have
Direct life cycle
How is eimeria transmitted
Fecal-oral transmission
T or F: eimeria have an enteric cycle
True
Enteric life cycle: schizogeny, gametogeny, fertilization, oocyst production
Do eimeria sporulate endogenously or exogenously
Exogenously